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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,601 --> 00:00:03,694 [Man Narrating] In the criminal justice system... 2 00:00:03,770 --> 00:00:07,137 all defendants are innocent until proven guilty, 3 00:00:07,207 --> 00:00:11,576 either by confession, plea bargain or trial byjury. 4 00:00:11,644 --> 00:00:13,578 This is one of those trials. 5 00:00:16,816 --> 00:00:18,807 She was in love with him. 6 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:23,612 I tried to warn her. All clich�s are true. 7 00:00:24,624 --> 00:00:27,821 But naivet� shouldn't be a death sentence. 8 00:00:29,062 --> 00:00:34,329 Everybody in this office knows that Kurt Lascher murdered my daughter. 9 00:00:34,401 --> 00:00:38,030 - You've known for 19 months. - Unfortunately, Mrs. Blaylock, 10 00:00:38,104 --> 00:00:40,902 knowing and proving are very different things. 11 00:00:41,975 --> 00:00:45,775 - Her blood- - Was in the car, but that's inadmissible. 12 00:00:45,845 --> 00:00:48,473 You know that. It was contaminated. 13 00:00:48,548 --> 00:00:50,482 So you're saying what? 14 00:00:50,550 --> 00:00:53,747 A murderer gets to walk free just because he's famous? 15 00:00:53,820 --> 00:00:57,483 No, I'm saying it's very difficult to convict a murderer if there's no evidence. 16 00:00:57,557 --> 00:01:02,153 Well, that's why I'm here- evidence. 17 00:01:02,228 --> 00:01:05,789 I found this in her trench coat pocket. It's an obstetrician's card. 18 00:01:05,865 --> 00:01:09,062 There's a date on the back. It's for the day before she disappeared. 19 00:01:10,136 --> 00:01:13,503 This is great. We'll look into it. 20 00:01:16,776 --> 00:01:19,176 Yeah. It's not right. 21 00:01:20,647 --> 00:01:23,081 I mean, can you stand there and tell me that this is right? 22 00:01:24,150 --> 00:01:26,448 No. 23 00:01:26,519 --> 00:01:29,181 No, I can't. 24 00:01:35,095 --> 00:01:37,188 [Moaning] 25 00:01:38,832 --> 00:01:42,962 - [Ringing] - [Moaning Continues] 26 00:01:45,004 --> 00:01:46,699 [Ringing Continues] 27 00:01:53,379 --> 00:01:56,109 What? 28 00:01:56,182 --> 00:02:00,949 What time? Listen, I have an 11:00 rehearsal. 29 00:02:01,955 --> 00:02:05,254 All right. All right. I'll have Roberto pick you up on the way. 30 00:02:05,325 --> 00:02:08,522 And, Peter, you were supposed to make this go away. 31 00:02:08,595 --> 00:02:10,586 Remember that part? 32 00:02:12,765 --> 00:02:14,756 [Phone Beeps Off] 33 00:02:15,768 --> 00:02:20,137 [Sighs] Who was that? My lawyer. 34 00:02:20,206 --> 00:02:22,674 A little late, don't you think? Uh-huh. 35 00:02:22,742 --> 00:02:24,733 He just got a phone call. 36 00:02:26,045 --> 00:02:28,070 I have to surrender in the morning. 37 00:02:30,283 --> 00:02:32,342 Surrender to who? 38 00:02:32,418 --> 00:02:34,352 Why? 39 00:02:35,488 --> 00:02:39,015 The police. They think I killed Dede Blaylock. 40 00:02:42,395 --> 00:02:45,091 It's a different prosecutor- a broad with a hair up her ass. 41 00:02:45,165 --> 00:02:48,396 - Just handle it. - Oh, that bitch! We agreed. 44 00:02:58,912 --> 00:03:02,245 Give 'em some room. Give 'em some room to get out. What happened? 45 00:03:05,251 --> 00:03:09,085 - Thank you. - [Woman] How well did you know her, sir? 46 00:03:09,155 --> 00:03:11,214 Can you just please let us through? 47 00:03:11,291 --> 00:03:14,385 Kurt, you know I would never have agreed to this perp walk. 48 00:03:14,460 --> 00:03:16,519 Shut up, Peter. She didn't call 'em. 49 00:03:17,530 --> 00:03:19,896 I did. [Man] Did you kill your girlfriend, Mr. Lascher? 50 00:03:19,966 --> 00:03:22,594 Did you kill your girlfriend? 51 00:03:22,669 --> 00:03:25,661 [Chattering Continues] 52 00:03:30,643 --> 00:03:32,634 [Man] Please, sir. Thank you. 53 00:04:21,060 --> 00:04:26,293 Docket 101604, People of the State of New York versus Kurt Lascher. 54 00:04:26,366 --> 00:04:28,334 Charge is murder in the second degree. 55 00:04:28,401 --> 00:04:31,928 - How do you plead, Mr. Lascher? - Absolutely not guilty. 56 00:04:32,005 --> 00:04:34,166 [Judge] Save the rewrites for the paying customers. 57 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:36,367 A simple declarative "not guilty" is incredibly sufficient. 58 00:04:36,442 --> 00:04:38,967 - Thank you, Your Honor. - People on bail. Ms. Gaffney? 59 00:04:39,045 --> 00:04:43,141 It's a murder, Your Honor. The defendant has a nine-figure net worth. 60 00:04:43,216 --> 00:04:45,707 He has a Gulfstream jet that can take him out of this country at will. 61 00:04:45,785 --> 00:04:48,811 We ask for remand given that he is the living definition of a flight risk. 62 00:04:48,888 --> 00:04:51,288 Ray Charles could have seen that, counselor. 63 00:04:51,357 --> 00:04:53,689 However, I'm loathe to remand someone when there's no body. 64 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:59,255 But I can make it expensive. Bail is set at five million dollars. Short date. 65 00:04:59,332 --> 00:05:02,790 - What? - And Mr. Lascher will surrender his passport. 66 00:05:03,870 --> 00:05:06,566 - [Man] Did you kill your girlfriend, Mr. Lascher? - Did you kill your girlfriend? 67 00:05:06,639 --> 00:05:08,903 [Branch] Clearly a defendant who is terrified... 68 00:05:08,975 --> 00:05:11,739 at the prospect of dealing with the criminal justice system. 69 00:05:11,811 --> 00:05:16,578 The man is custom-tailored scum, Arthur. He's a producer, Jack. 70 00:05:16,649 --> 00:05:19,413 And the reason I had you hand this case offlast year... 71 00:05:19,485 --> 00:05:22,386 is because I didn't see how a jury would convict this guy... 72 00:05:22,455 --> 00:05:25,322 without the blood evidence, not to mention without the body, 73 00:05:25,391 --> 00:05:29,350 and I didn't want my executive assistant to lose a celebrity case at trial. 74 00:05:29,429 --> 00:05:31,363 Why would I want one of my bureau chiefs? 75 00:05:31,431 --> 00:05:35,993 Because it's a very strong circumstantial case, and we know he did it. 76 00:05:36,069 --> 00:05:37,934 Come on, Tracey. Ajury won't know that. 77 00:05:38,004 --> 00:05:42,532 Are you absolutely certain there's no way we can get the blood in? 78 00:05:42,608 --> 00:05:45,304 The people at the lab told me categorically that Dede Blaylock's blood... 79 00:05:45,378 --> 00:05:47,573 was in the rental car, 80 00:05:47,647 --> 00:05:51,515 but couldn't swear under oath to a reasonable degree of scientific certainty. 81 00:05:51,584 --> 00:05:53,518 Exactly what they said a year and a half ago. 82 00:05:53,586 --> 00:05:55,850 It's circumstantial, but the circumstances are compelling. 83 00:05:55,922 --> 00:05:58,186 [Kibre] Another circumstance: Her mother found... 84 00:05:58,257 --> 00:06:01,454 a gynecologist's business card in one of her coats. 85 00:06:01,527 --> 00:06:04,018 The doctor will testify that Dede Blaylock was pregnant. 86 00:06:04,097 --> 00:06:07,533 Will this doctor testify that Kurt Lascher was the father? 87 00:06:12,739 --> 00:06:16,436 [Sighs] Well, let's see if we can even indict this jerk. 88 00:06:17,443 --> 00:06:20,469 Has he indicated he wants to testify before the grand jury? 89 00:06:20,546 --> 00:06:23,413 Kelly gave Behrens a 19050 at the arraignment. 90 00:06:23,483 --> 00:06:26,008 My guess- Behrens will say that Lascher is going to. 91 00:06:26,085 --> 00:06:28,076 I'll notice him to appear - [Branch] He'll miss the date. 92 00:06:28,154 --> 00:06:30,918 You'll reschedule. Lascher'll be sick. You'll get the indictment. 93 00:06:30,990 --> 00:06:34,221 Which sets up a motion to dismiss for failure to give Lascher... 94 00:06:34,293 --> 00:06:37,228 an adequate opportunity to testify before the G.J. 95 00:06:37,296 --> 00:06:39,230 A case this big, some judges might give it to them. 96 00:06:39,298 --> 00:06:42,062 - It's just delaying the inevitable. - Since when is anything... 97 00:06:42,135 --> 00:06:44,603 inevitable with the law? 98 00:06:45,671 --> 00:06:47,696 [Woman] Second line in. Wanda, Carrie. [Piano] 99 00:06:47,774 --> 00:06:50,538 Delay? That's it? Delay? 100 00:06:50,610 --> 00:06:55,240 Kurt, delay is a guilty man's best friend. 101 00:06:55,314 --> 00:06:57,874 Don't you ever sit in judgment of me. 102 00:06:57,950 --> 00:07:01,113 It's not my job. I'm your lawyer. You ask, and I'll answer. 103 00:07:01,187 --> 00:07:03,451 [Man] Take five, people! 104 00:07:04,457 --> 00:07:06,550 [Ends] 105 00:07:06,626 --> 00:07:08,958 Why did the little bitch get pregnant? 106 00:07:09,028 --> 00:07:10,962 [Scoffs] 107 00:07:12,064 --> 00:07:15,465 Slate myself? Dede Blaylock. 108 00:07:15,535 --> 00:07:19,471 She was just chasing a dream. Once Lascher started sniffing around- 109 00:07:19,539 --> 00:07:23,305 - She was in love. He was in lust. - Tracey Kibre's got a hard-on for Lascher. 110 00:07:23,376 --> 00:07:25,674 Kibre? I never had a case with her. 111 00:07:25,745 --> 00:07:27,679 Yeah, she's tough, smart. 112 00:07:27,747 --> 00:07:30,716 Hates to lose. I'm tellin' ya, I wouldn't want her after my ass. 113 00:07:30,783 --> 00:07:32,808 I would have kept my mouth shut - [Salazar] You seen enough? 114 00:07:32,885 --> 00:07:36,753 Yeah. Anyway, it's not our problem. 115 00:07:36,823 --> 00:07:38,848 Oh? What is our problem? 116 00:07:38,925 --> 00:07:41,223 To make sure Kibre's got all the evidence that's there, 117 00:07:41,294 --> 00:07:45,128 reinterview everybody the homicide detectives talked to, go over all the paperwork. 118 00:07:45,198 --> 00:07:48,827 Yeah, see if the precinct guys screwed up. Yeah, it happens. 119 00:07:49,936 --> 00:07:54,339 You know, Lennie, I was a precinct detective before I got shot five times. 120 00:07:54,407 --> 00:07:56,500 If it wasn't for this squad, I'd be on permanent disability. 121 00:07:56,576 --> 00:07:59,875 - I'd be retired. - So don't kick a gift horse in the mouth. 122 00:07:59,946 --> 00:08:02,312 Well, it helps pay the alimony. So who's up first? 123 00:08:02,381 --> 00:08:05,873 Vic's roommate, Karen Masters. 124 00:08:07,186 --> 00:08:10,644 You have any idea how many sessions it took for me to get through this? 125 00:08:10,723 --> 00:08:14,159 Excuse me? With my shrink. 126 00:08:14,227 --> 00:08:18,596 Your pregnant best friend goes out to dinner, and she never comes back. 127 00:08:18,664 --> 00:08:23,101 Some new evidence has come up. And? 128 00:08:23,169 --> 00:08:26,104 The D.A.' s going to the grand jury. They'd like you to testify. 129 00:08:26,172 --> 00:08:29,369 Whoa. Nobody ever said anything about testifying. 130 00:08:29,442 --> 00:08:33,902 - Wait a minute. Are you an actress? - Only when I'm not being a paralegal. 131 00:08:33,980 --> 00:08:37,381 I've seen you in a commercial. You saw my Land Rover? 132 00:08:37,450 --> 00:08:41,181 I knew it was some kind of car. Which one- But you were great. 133 00:08:41,254 --> 00:08:45,088 You want to see my reel? I'm just kidding. 134 00:08:45,157 --> 00:08:49,491 I know you're nervous about testifying, but grandjury testimony is sealed. 135 00:08:49,562 --> 00:08:51,530 Nobody in the business will ever find out. 136 00:08:51,597 --> 00:08:53,588 Kurt Lascher will. 137 00:08:55,368 --> 00:08:57,302 I'm gonna have to think about this. 138 00:09:02,842 --> 00:09:06,437 You guessin' she's an actress- That's a no-brainer. 139 00:09:06,512 --> 00:09:08,776 You saw her damn commercial, and you remembered her face? 140 00:09:08,848 --> 00:09:12,147 No, I got TiVo. You push the magic button, there's no commercials. 141 00:09:13,553 --> 00:09:16,681 Who's next? Ma�tre d' of the restaurant where they ate. 142 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:22,887 And Lascher's been a regular here how long? 143 00:09:22,962 --> 00:09:26,693 Since you were walking a beat. Twice a week, sometimes more. 144 00:09:26,766 --> 00:09:31,032 What about women? Two a week, sometimes more. 145 00:09:31,103 --> 00:09:35,335 - What about this woman? - I figured this was about Dede Blaylock. 146 00:09:35,408 --> 00:09:37,342 Nice girl. 147 00:09:37,410 --> 00:09:40,937 Fell in love with Lascher. Not a smart thing to do. 148 00:09:41,013 --> 00:09:45,006 - So she came in more than once? - Once a week for three or four months. 149 00:09:45,084 --> 00:09:48,918 She used to tell me this was their place. Delusional. 150 00:09:48,988 --> 00:09:51,286 The Homicide guys came around two or three times... 151 00:09:51,357 --> 00:09:54,019 after she disappeared, but then nothing happened. 152 00:09:54,093 --> 00:09:57,256 - What's going on? - The D.A.' s taking this to the grand jury. 153 00:09:57,330 --> 00:10:00,322 - You're going to have to testify. - Oh, great. 154 00:10:00,399 --> 00:10:03,232 Why don't you take us through what happened the last time she was here? 155 00:10:03,302 --> 00:10:06,169 The night she disappeared? Yeah, the night she disappeared. 156 00:10:06,238 --> 00:10:09,696 Well, they seemed happy. Lascher had a couple of vodkas, 157 00:10:09,775 --> 00:10:12,471 and then he ordered a magnum of Cristal. 158 00:10:12,545 --> 00:10:14,479 She said they had something to celebrate. 159 00:10:15,615 --> 00:10:17,981 They had a magnum? They drink the whole thing? 160 00:10:18,050 --> 00:10:21,645 Well, she just sipped at one glass, but he turned it into a dead soldier. 161 00:10:21,721 --> 00:10:24,690 He get smashed? Lascher never got smashed. 162 00:10:24,757 --> 00:10:28,056 Check that. He never looked smashed. 163 00:10:29,061 --> 00:10:31,894 - He did some coke in the men's room. - Oh? How do you know that? 164 00:10:31,964 --> 00:10:35,627 Because he's been doing coke in the men's room ever since I've been here. 165 00:10:35,701 --> 00:10:38,693 Anyway, he came back to the table... 166 00:10:38,771 --> 00:10:41,331 and sent his chauffeur home, 167 00:10:41,407 --> 00:10:43,500 then tells me to get him a rental car. 168 00:10:43,576 --> 00:10:46,704 - He do that often? - Try never. 169 00:10:46,779 --> 00:10:48,940 Never is an absolute. 170 00:10:49,015 --> 00:10:51,313 He'll testify to never? In the 12 years he's been working there, 171 00:10:51,384 --> 00:10:54,080 he said he never saw Lascher send his driver home. 172 00:10:54,153 --> 00:10:56,178 He didn't even know Lascher had a license. 173 00:10:56,255 --> 00:11:00,248 And Dede just had the one glass of champagne? Yeah. She didn't even finish that. 174 00:11:00,326 --> 00:11:02,453 I mean, she sure acted like she had a bun in the oven. 175 00:11:02,528 --> 00:11:05,224 Based on the fact that Lascher made his last child support payment... 176 00:11:05,297 --> 00:11:07,390 for his illegitimate son three months ago- 177 00:11:07,466 --> 00:11:10,902 Seventeen and a half percent of his annual income for the last 18 years. 178 00:11:10,970 --> 00:11:14,167 A pregnancy would probably really piss him off. 179 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,266 - No wonder he drank the whole magnum. - [Kibre] I'm probably gonna be able to get... 180 00:11:17,343 --> 00:11:21,177 the grand jury to indict, but when we go to trial, we're gonna need a lot more to convict. 181 00:11:21,247 --> 00:11:23,738 I want you to enhance the case. 182 00:11:23,816 --> 00:11:27,843 And welcome to the squad, Detective. You're one ofJack McCoy's favorite cops. 183 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:30,889 Thanks. It's better than hanging out at the O.T.B. 184 00:11:35,695 --> 00:11:39,722 - You're really worried. - I'm always worried. 185 00:11:43,269 --> 00:11:45,703 They were dating for about six or seven months. 186 00:11:47,006 --> 00:11:50,772 I'm not quite sure how long they were going out, because she didn't tell me when they first got together. 187 00:11:50,843 --> 00:11:53,573 - And why was that? - It was Kurt Lascher. 188 00:11:53,646 --> 00:11:57,582 He's notorious. Notorious. For what? 189 00:11:58,951 --> 00:12:01,078 [Karen] Okay. How's this? 190 00:12:01,153 --> 00:12:04,179 He's also 33 years older than Dede. 191 00:12:05,624 --> 00:12:08,457 I knew she was gonna get hurt. I didn't think she was gonna get killed. 192 00:12:11,230 --> 00:12:13,562 What did you say to her when she told you she was pregnant? 193 00:12:13,632 --> 00:12:16,260 That I would go with her for the abortion. 194 00:12:16,335 --> 00:12:19,463 And what was her response? She said she was having the baby. 195 00:12:19,538 --> 00:12:23,167 - Was she upset? - She was ecstatic. 196 00:12:23,242 --> 00:12:27,269 She said they'd get married, and... I lost it. 197 00:12:27,346 --> 00:12:30,076 I told her she was kidding herself. 198 00:12:30,149 --> 00:12:34,176 We started fighting, yelling at each other. 199 00:12:34,253 --> 00:12:36,915 I left. 200 00:12:36,989 --> 00:12:39,184 I never saw her again. 201 00:12:39,258 --> 00:12:42,591 Thank you, Karen. Questions? 202 00:12:42,661 --> 00:12:44,424 Uh- [Clears Throat] 203 00:12:44,497 --> 00:12:47,022 - Mr. Duzshinsky? - Did she say... 204 00:12:47,099 --> 00:12:49,090 whether she had told Lascher... 205 00:12:49,168 --> 00:12:51,261 how many other men she had slept with? 206 00:12:51,337 --> 00:12:53,999 What? In her life? 207 00:12:54,073 --> 00:12:56,371 No, no. The week she disappeared. 208 00:12:56,442 --> 00:12:59,639 - She wasn't sleeping with anyone else. - Oh, you know? 209 00:12:59,712 --> 00:13:02,613 What, you are psychic too? She's an actress. 210 00:13:10,222 --> 00:13:13,089 No wonder Russians hate jury trials. 211 00:13:13,159 --> 00:13:16,993 Can you imagine 12 Duzshinskys trying to reach a unanimous verdict? 212 00:13:17,062 --> 00:13:19,462 [Door Opens] Here it is. 213 00:13:21,901 --> 00:13:23,892 Thank you. 214 00:13:26,839 --> 00:13:28,830 Murder two. 215 00:13:33,946 --> 00:13:36,574 You wanted enhancement? I got you enhancement. 216 00:13:36,649 --> 00:13:40,210 It's all irrelevant and totally inadmissible, but it certainly enhances your perspective. 217 00:13:40,286 --> 00:13:44,086 Today, Ted. Did you know that Lascher used to be an attorney? 218 00:13:44,156 --> 00:13:46,454 What do you mean, used to be? He was disbarred. 219 00:13:46,525 --> 00:13:50,052 In 1968, he was working for Texana Oil as a lawyer. 220 00:13:50,129 --> 00:13:52,495 He drew up over 200 leases for ranchers in Oklahoma. 221 00:13:52,565 --> 00:13:55,500 Every one of them had a fatal flaw in favor of the ranchers. 222 00:13:55,568 --> 00:13:58,196 He quit Texana Oil and goes to work for the ranchers. 223 00:13:58,270 --> 00:14:01,034 - How many of them signed up? - A hundred and eighty-one. 224 00:14:01,106 --> 00:14:03,074 Contingency? Thirty percent. 225 00:14:03,142 --> 00:14:05,576 It cost Texana Oil $68 million. 226 00:14:05,644 --> 00:14:09,239 Sixty-eight million 1968 dollars. 227 00:14:10,583 --> 00:14:13,814 22,666,000. 228 00:14:13,886 --> 00:14:16,855 22,666,000 for him. 229 00:14:16,922 --> 00:14:19,584 Texana Oil went after his ass. 230 00:14:19,658 --> 00:14:21,558 Full ethics investigation. Disbarred. 231 00:14:21,627 --> 00:14:24,460 - Why didn't they sue? - Bad publicity. They made a deal. 232 00:14:24,530 --> 00:14:27,055 He surrendered his license but kept the money. 233 00:14:27,132 --> 00:14:29,692 That's how he produced his first plays. 234 00:14:29,768 --> 00:14:32,100 Lascher had been skating his whole life. 235 00:14:32,171 --> 00:14:34,469 - Is the calendar out? - We got Anderlee. 236 00:14:34,540 --> 00:14:39,705 - Amanda's my kind of judge. - I want to get the Texana Oil story out. 237 00:14:41,347 --> 00:14:43,907 Don't leave any prints. 238 00:14:43,983 --> 00:14:46,315 [Behrens] I've already drafted our motion to dismiss. 239 00:14:46,385 --> 00:14:49,354 What grounds? You were deprived of an opportunity to testify... 240 00:14:49,421 --> 00:14:52,254 and an assistant district attorney plowed ahead and voted the indictment. 241 00:14:52,324 --> 00:14:54,258 All right, all right. Best case? 242 00:14:54,326 --> 00:14:56,487 It should buy another 60, maybe 90 days. What? 243 00:14:56,562 --> 00:14:59,759 By then it'll be almost two years since she disappeared. Oh, no. No, no. 244 00:14:59,832 --> 00:15:02,824 It's out of the magazines. Out of sight, out of mind. No. 245 00:15:02,902 --> 00:15:05,837 No. News management. I want to get my side out. 246 00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:09,739 So you call Dominick Dunne, invite him to dinner at Alain Ducasse. 247 00:15:09,808 --> 00:15:11,833 I'll buy a bottle of La T�che. Kurt- 248 00:15:11,911 --> 00:15:13,845 Peter, please. I know how to control the press. 249 00:15:13,913 --> 00:15:17,212 The D.A.' s are already talking to him. There's a Vanity Fair article coming. 250 00:15:17,283 --> 00:15:19,274 Oh, really? When were you planning to tell me that? 251 00:15:19,351 --> 00:15:22,752 I just found out this afternoon. What's the spin? 252 00:15:22,821 --> 00:15:25,881 Good-looking woman D.A. Takes on the king of Broadway. 253 00:15:29,361 --> 00:15:32,057 You're fired. Excuse me? 254 00:15:34,934 --> 00:15:38,097 You're fired. I need a woman. 255 00:15:41,674 --> 00:15:44,734 Here's what's going on, Kurt. The fat lady's about to sing. 256 00:15:44,810 --> 00:15:47,074 You're being arraigned in two days... 257 00:15:47,146 --> 00:15:49,944 on a criminal charge of second degree murder. 258 00:15:50,015 --> 00:15:52,006 There's gonna be a trial. Twelve people, 259 00:15:52,084 --> 00:15:54,575 who probably can't even afford to go see one of your plays, 260 00:15:54,653 --> 00:15:57,213 are gonna decide whether you go to prison for the next 25 years. 261 00:15:57,289 --> 00:16:02,454 - You're not gonna let that happen. - If I decide to take the case. 262 00:16:02,528 --> 00:16:05,053 But I'm not going to unless I know you're going to help me. 263 00:16:06,665 --> 00:16:08,895 I don't care if you did it. 264 00:16:08,968 --> 00:16:12,631 I'm not interested in proving you innocent, just not guilty. 265 00:16:13,839 --> 00:16:18,173 I have to keep as many damaging facts away from the jury as possible. 266 00:16:19,244 --> 00:16:21,235 Why am I being arraigned again? I was arraigned. 267 00:16:21,313 --> 00:16:23,679 That was on a criminal complaint. 268 00:16:23,749 --> 00:16:26,411 This time, it's with the trial judge who will advise you... 269 00:16:26,485 --> 00:16:29,249 on the indictment and the actual charges. 270 00:16:31,590 --> 00:16:33,524 You really want to know? 271 00:16:33,592 --> 00:16:35,685 Yeah, I have to know. 272 00:16:38,030 --> 00:16:40,089 I liked her. 273 00:16:40,165 --> 00:16:42,998 We had a nice short run. 274 00:16:44,970 --> 00:16:48,963 My life's an open book. I've been a bachelor for 19 years. 275 00:16:49,041 --> 00:16:52,670 I'm not known for my parenting or my monogamy skills. 276 00:16:54,113 --> 00:16:57,947 She walks into the Des Artistes and lays that on me? 277 00:16:58,017 --> 00:17:00,212 So what did you do? 278 00:17:01,387 --> 00:17:03,821 I ordered a magnum of Cristal, 279 00:17:03,889 --> 00:17:05,880 thought about how to make her disappear. 280 00:17:07,192 --> 00:17:09,683 You sent your driver home. 281 00:17:09,762 --> 00:17:11,696 Get a rental car delivered to the restaurant. 282 00:17:11,764 --> 00:17:15,723 I told her we were gonna drive up to Connecticut to celebrate. 283 00:17:15,801 --> 00:17:17,735 We got in the car and headed up. 284 00:17:20,139 --> 00:17:22,266 She wouldn't shut up. 285 00:17:23,909 --> 00:17:26,810 So I finally I told her I'm never getting married again. 286 00:17:26,879 --> 00:17:29,871 It was nothing against her, but I'd never subject anybody... 287 00:17:29,948 --> 00:17:32,143 to being married to me. 288 00:17:32,217 --> 00:17:34,947 And I told her she couldn't have the baby. 289 00:17:36,121 --> 00:17:38,146 She flipped out. 290 00:17:38,223 --> 00:17:41,386 Started yelling and screaming up the West Side Highway. 291 00:17:41,460 --> 00:17:45,089 I hit her, knocked her head into the windshield frame, 292 00:17:45,164 --> 00:17:47,098 and that's how the blood got in the car. 293 00:17:51,170 --> 00:17:53,604 She was out cold. 294 00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:58,904 So I drove up to northern Westchester, 295 00:18:00,412 --> 00:18:02,346 went out to Allen Watross's place, 296 00:18:02,414 --> 00:18:06,373 because I knew that there was a very deep abandoned well, 297 00:18:06,452 --> 00:18:09,683 and Allen was never there during the week. 298 00:18:09,755 --> 00:18:11,723 I strangled her, 299 00:18:11,790 --> 00:18:14,315 threw the body down the well, 300 00:18:14,393 --> 00:18:16,327 drove home. 301 00:18:17,830 --> 00:18:19,991 Nobody saw me. 302 00:18:20,065 --> 00:18:22,056 Obviously. 303 00:18:27,973 --> 00:18:32,171 - Any other questions? - Dozens. 304 00:18:33,345 --> 00:18:36,405 - Hundreds. - Fine. 305 00:18:37,749 --> 00:18:40,980 - I have one. - How much? 306 00:18:46,024 --> 00:18:47,958 When are Briscoe and Salazar coming in? 307 00:18:48,026 --> 00:18:51,792 Tomorrow or the day after. They have four more names to reinterview. 308 00:18:51,864 --> 00:18:55,197 - Is it just me, or are the cadets getting younger? - And taller. 309 00:19:01,673 --> 00:19:04,301 Notice of change of counsel. Who? 310 00:19:05,711 --> 00:19:07,975 Maggie Dettweiler. 311 00:19:08,046 --> 00:19:11,072 I've heard she's good. Is she that good? She's better. 312 00:19:11,150 --> 00:19:15,712 [Piano] Graydon set a land speed record for a cover story. 313 00:19:15,787 --> 00:19:20,656 I talked to Nick. I told him all about Brunei and the sultan's party girls. 314 00:19:20,726 --> 00:19:23,194 It's all in there. Good. 315 00:19:23,262 --> 00:19:26,231 Unfortunately, it's the only good thing in there for us in a 3,000-word story. 316 00:19:26,298 --> 00:19:31,201 Your quotes weren't. He makes you sound like Rasputin. 317 00:19:31,270 --> 00:19:35,229 You may have forgotten that his daughter was murdered by her boyfriend. 318 00:19:37,009 --> 00:19:40,604 And that expression- "I'd like to strangle this bitch"? 319 00:19:40,679 --> 00:19:42,840 I would lose that from my physical palate. 320 00:19:42,915 --> 00:19:46,874 You may have noticed that thejudge and both prosecutors are all bitches. 321 00:19:48,187 --> 00:19:50,178 Why do you think you're here? 322 00:19:51,256 --> 00:19:54,692 So, what's my seven-figure defense? 323 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:56,819 This is a girl who went to Brunei twice. Mm-hmm. 324 00:19:56,895 --> 00:19:59,728 She spent nine months singing in Japan when she was 19. 325 00:19:59,798 --> 00:20:03,427 Oh, so she's a slut. Who knows where she is? If the shoe fits. 326 00:20:03,502 --> 00:20:05,970 What's the significance of the Brunei trips? 327 00:20:06,038 --> 00:20:09,007 Am I missing something? You know about the sultan? 328 00:20:09,074 --> 00:20:11,770 Yeah, he's, what, like the third richest guy on the planet? 329 00:20:11,843 --> 00:20:15,643 He's also very generous to his friends, especially his male friends. 330 00:20:15,714 --> 00:20:18,547 He flies in young girls as party favors. 331 00:20:18,617 --> 00:20:21,814 Dede was there for five weeks the first time, two months the second. 332 00:20:21,887 --> 00:20:24,447 - A lot of parties. - And a lot of favors. 333 00:20:24,523 --> 00:20:27,583 - Is there anything else? - Japan. 334 00:20:27,659 --> 00:20:31,060 - What aboutJapan? - She spent six months there when she was 19. 335 00:20:31,129 --> 00:20:33,427 - Doing what? - Singing. 336 00:20:33,498 --> 00:20:36,990 - She's a singer? - Not before or since. 337 00:20:37,069 --> 00:20:40,903 How come this wasn't in her file? Didn't they check her passport? 338 00:20:40,973 --> 00:20:43,635 Never found it. [Briscoe] And it's still valid. 339 00:20:43,709 --> 00:20:46,906 And we know she doesn't mind long flights. 340 00:20:46,979 --> 00:20:49,971 - Are you sure, counselor? - What? That Lascher murdered her? 341 00:20:50,048 --> 00:20:52,278 That she's dead. 342 00:21:07,099 --> 00:21:10,865 Is that your justice-is-blind look? 343 00:21:10,936 --> 00:21:14,565 Oh, the voice that launched a thousand appeals. 344 00:21:17,709 --> 00:21:20,644 - What's it like working for a Republican? - Better than working for a killer. 345 00:21:20,712 --> 00:21:23,647 - Alleged killer. - Oh, yeah. 346 00:21:23,715 --> 00:21:25,649 Sticks and stones may break his balls, 347 00:21:25,717 --> 00:21:28,185 but I gotta insist on a victim to convict him. 348 00:21:30,022 --> 00:21:32,252 Necessity is the mother of invention. 349 00:21:38,697 --> 00:21:43,657 If you're talking "multi-illogical alterizations" of this crime, 350 00:21:43,735 --> 00:21:48,172 let's just say Dede Blaylock didn't have a good discriminative taste in men. 351 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,765 Any names? Oh, yeah. 352 00:21:52,978 --> 00:21:55,640 How about Michael Feltscher? 353 00:21:57,316 --> 00:22:00,012 How about Sean Murray? 354 00:22:00,085 --> 00:22:02,383 A road company Michael Bolton with no pipes. 355 00:22:02,454 --> 00:22:06,390 How about Matt Mandebach? 356 00:22:06,458 --> 00:22:09,552 A B-level producer. But there's something else. 357 00:22:09,628 --> 00:22:11,926 There's something- Some actress-model- 358 00:22:11,997 --> 00:22:16,366 - Oh, Amy Woodbury. - Disappeared without a trace. 359 00:22:16,435 --> 00:22:19,427 That's right. [Man] A friend of mine out in Los Angeles there- 360 00:22:19,504 --> 00:22:23,873 Robbery Homicide- tells me that this guy Matt Mandebach... 361 00:22:23,942 --> 00:22:27,275 was and still is the main suspect in her disappearance. 362 00:22:27,346 --> 00:22:30,838 - When did they go out? - When she got back from Japan. 363 00:22:30,916 --> 00:22:32,850 Okay. It is not worth as much... 364 00:22:32,918 --> 00:22:35,386 if we hand them the name as if they find it themselves. 365 00:22:35,454 --> 00:22:37,445 They already have it. 366 00:22:37,522 --> 00:22:39,456 Name and number. 367 00:22:39,524 --> 00:22:41,458 Kibre does? The cops. 368 00:22:41,526 --> 00:22:43,517 When they searched my house, they found her Filofax. 369 00:22:43,595 --> 00:22:45,961 She was obsessive about phone numbers. 370 00:22:46,031 --> 00:22:49,432 If she knew him, he's in there, especially if he was a producer. 371 00:22:49,501 --> 00:22:52,231 So I'll ask for it. 372 00:22:52,304 --> 00:22:56,764 They will go through every name in that book before they hand it over. Trust me. 373 00:22:56,842 --> 00:22:59,572 You're batting a thousand. Excuse me? 374 00:22:59,644 --> 00:23:02,841 Your case just got worse. Your vic may not even be dead, 375 00:23:02,914 --> 00:23:06,247 but if she is, there's a lot better suspect in there than Kurt Lascher. 376 00:23:06,318 --> 00:23:10,618 Who's that? [Briscoe] One Matt Mandebach, who was and is... 377 00:23:10,689 --> 00:23:12,623 the prime suspect in the disappearance of a model... 378 00:23:12,691 --> 00:23:15,091 named Amy Woodbury in L.A. Five years ago. 379 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:17,560 God Almighty! 380 00:23:17,629 --> 00:23:19,620 He'd been dating Dede Blaylock right around the same time. 381 00:23:19,698 --> 00:23:21,996 The cops go to question Mandebach about Amy Woodbury, 382 00:23:22,067 --> 00:23:24,467 Dede Blaylock's in his apartment. 383 00:23:24,536 --> 00:23:26,470 [Briscoe] It gets worse. 384 00:23:26,538 --> 00:23:28,802 Don't see how it could. 385 00:23:28,874 --> 00:23:31,968 Mandebach was in New York when Dede Blaylock disappeared. 386 00:23:32,043 --> 00:23:34,238 You didn't know about this guy? [Kibre] The police assured me... 387 00:23:34,312 --> 00:23:36,837 they'd followed up on all the physical evidence. 388 00:23:36,915 --> 00:23:40,248 An address book isn't physical evidence? [Kibre] Let's not take our eyes off the prize. 389 00:23:40,318 --> 00:23:42,286 Lascher did it. We know he did it. 390 00:23:42,354 --> 00:23:44,288 Everything else is immaterial. Exactly. 391 00:23:44,356 --> 00:23:47,484 Exactly wrong. Beyond a reasonable doubt. 392 00:23:47,559 --> 00:23:49,584 I think you're gonna have trouble meeting that burden. 393 00:23:49,661 --> 00:23:52,721 Are you sure you don't want to reconsider this? 394 00:23:52,798 --> 00:23:56,598 - We have an indictment. - Well, an indictment doesn't mandate a trial, 395 00:23:56,668 --> 00:23:58,602 especially in an election year. 396 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:03,431 If I lose, I'll resign. 397 00:24:03,508 --> 00:24:06,807 I'm sure I'll find that very comforting on election day when I lose. 398 00:24:10,048 --> 00:24:12,039 [Kibre] The police are checking the names in the book. 399 00:24:12,117 --> 00:24:16,110 I'm just asking for additional time so they can complete their investigation. 400 00:24:16,188 --> 00:24:18,622 You know, silly me. I was always under the ridiculous illusion... 401 00:24:18,690 --> 00:24:21,124 that a trial was a search for the truth. 402 00:24:21,193 --> 00:24:23,320 Oh, please, counselor. A trial is a search for admissible evidence. 403 00:24:23,395 --> 00:24:26,057 - Your Honor- - Would you just let me rule in your favor? 404 00:24:26,131 --> 00:24:29,123 - Your Honor- - Just make a copy and give it to them. 405 00:24:29,201 --> 00:24:31,897 Isn't this what Xerox machines were invented for? 406 00:24:31,970 --> 00:24:34,302 I really don't see how this request can be rationally turned down. 407 00:24:34,372 --> 00:24:37,637 - Thank you, Your Honor. - Okay, any other alarms... 408 00:24:37,709 --> 00:24:40,075 or diversions? 409 00:24:40,145 --> 00:24:43,137 Great. Let's set a date forjury selection. 410 00:24:44,649 --> 00:24:46,583 It's a hundred fifty thousand through the verdicts, 411 00:24:46,651 --> 00:24:50,280 a hundred-thousand-dollar bonus for an acquittal, 50,000 for a hung jury. 412 00:24:50,355 --> 00:24:52,687 Is he kidding? 413 00:24:52,757 --> 00:24:54,952 And if you're not kidding, you must be insane. 414 00:24:55,026 --> 00:24:57,620 A quarter of a million dollars for a jury consultant? 415 00:24:57,696 --> 00:25:00,221 - It's a simple cost-benefit analysis. - Oh, really? 416 00:25:01,867 --> 00:25:05,826 250,000, 25 years to life. 417 00:25:08,773 --> 00:25:11,469 Who do you think your ideal juror is? 418 00:25:13,111 --> 00:25:15,045 [Sighs] 419 00:25:15,113 --> 00:25:19,015 Educated, upper middle class, older, 420 00:25:19,084 --> 00:25:22,884 a theatergoer, male. 421 00:25:22,954 --> 00:25:25,889 - What do you think of Mr. Lascher's profile, Lin? - It's a hundred percent wrong. 422 00:25:25,957 --> 00:25:30,223 [Man] Yeah, your ideal juror is a high school graduate, middle-aged, middle-class... 423 00:25:30,295 --> 00:25:32,525 married female who wants to be a theatergoer. 424 00:25:32,597 --> 00:25:35,361 - You're trying the victim? - Yeah, well, we'll be pointing out... 425 00:25:35,433 --> 00:25:38,834 certain character shortcomings of an extremely alluring, 426 00:25:38,904 --> 00:25:42,533 missing, alleged victim who could be anywhere in the world. 427 00:25:42,607 --> 00:25:45,371 Exactly. A nd who do middle-aged women despise? 428 00:25:45,443 --> 00:25:48,469 Pretty girls in their 20s who go out with older men. 429 00:25:53,685 --> 00:25:57,121 [Kibre] Are you familiar with the term "May-December romance,"Mrs. Phelps? 430 00:25:57,188 --> 00:25:59,986 - Of course. - And how do you feel about them? 431 00:26:00,058 --> 00:26:02,925 I'm sorry. Are you asking me whether I want to have one? 432 00:26:02,994 --> 00:26:06,555 No, um, I'm just, uh, asking how you feel... 433 00:26:06,631 --> 00:26:08,963 about them in the abstract. 434 00:26:09,034 --> 00:26:12,299 Relationships are relationships. Whatever makes people happy is fine with me. 435 00:26:12,370 --> 00:26:15,931 So, you would have absolutely no qualms... 436 00:26:16,007 --> 00:26:18,669 about an older man going out with a much younger woman? 437 00:26:18,743 --> 00:26:23,942 - It takes two to tango. - I think Ms. Kibre agrees with me. Watch. 438 00:26:24,015 --> 00:26:26,813 - Thank you. - She's gone. 439 00:26:26,885 --> 00:26:29,854 The People are going to excuse Mrs. Phelps, Your Honor. 440 00:26:31,289 --> 00:26:33,951 [Anderlee] Jurors one, two, three, 441 00:26:34,025 --> 00:26:37,426 six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 442 00:26:37,495 --> 00:26:39,759 12 are excused. 443 00:26:39,831 --> 00:26:43,164 Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. 444 00:26:43,234 --> 00:26:46,761 [No Audible Dialogue] [Clears Throat] Sidebar, Your Honor. 445 00:26:47,872 --> 00:26:50,534 It took Mr. Stotti less than an hour... 446 00:26:50,609 --> 00:26:53,840 after Mr. Lascher recognized Mr. Mandebach's name... 447 00:26:53,912 --> 00:26:55,971 to reach a senior commander of the L.A.P.D... 448 00:26:56,047 --> 00:26:58,208 who informed him that Mr. Mandebach... 449 00:26:58,283 --> 00:27:01,844 was the prime suspect in another Missing Persons case. 450 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,718 - The victim is also an actress. - Your Honor, I don't see what- 451 00:27:06,591 --> 00:27:08,525 Go on, Ms. Dettweiler. The fact is, 452 00:27:08,593 --> 00:27:11,653 is that he is a much more likely suspect than Mr. Lascher, 453 00:27:11,730 --> 00:27:14,164 being that he did live and still does live... 454 00:27:14,232 --> 00:27:17,224 two blocks away from the alleged victim's apartment. 455 00:27:17,302 --> 00:27:22,296 - Is this true? - I have no idea where Mr. Mandebach lives, Your Honor. 456 00:27:22,374 --> 00:27:24,308 Excuse me. 457 00:27:24,376 --> 00:27:26,867 I'd say that could be the definition of a nonresponsive response. 458 00:27:26,945 --> 00:27:30,574 - Of course they know about Mandebach. - Sit down, Mr. Lascher. 459 00:27:35,020 --> 00:27:39,423 I'd say, this doesn't seem to be the N.Y.P.D.' s finest hour, Ms. Kibre. 460 00:27:41,059 --> 00:27:45,587 I can't believe I missed a damn Filofax on the evidence locker list. 461 00:27:45,664 --> 00:27:48,132 There were 219 items on that list. 462 00:27:48,199 --> 00:27:50,133 I missed it too. 463 00:27:50,201 --> 00:27:52,135 She's here, with pictures. 464 00:27:52,203 --> 00:27:56,367 I just had to thank you for finally getting that bastard in front of a jury. 465 00:27:56,441 --> 00:27:59,035 It's not gonna be easy to convict him. I hope you know that. 466 00:27:59,110 --> 00:28:01,044 He's guilty. They'll see that. 467 00:28:01,112 --> 00:28:05,572 Mrs. Blaylock, did Dede ever mention a man named Matt Mandebach? 468 00:28:05,650 --> 00:28:08,881 I never heard of him. Dede told me everything. 469 00:28:08,953 --> 00:28:11,581 L- I just wanted you to remember. 470 00:28:13,758 --> 00:28:15,749 This is what he took. 471 00:28:31,609 --> 00:28:36,046 Kurt Lascher did not take Dede Blaylock's life. 472 00:28:36,114 --> 00:28:39,982 The last time he saw her, they shared a wonderful meal and a bottle of champagne. 473 00:28:40,985 --> 00:28:45,354 In fact, the State will be unable to prove that she's even dead. 474 00:28:45,423 --> 00:28:50,258 All they will be able to tell you is that no one has seen her for the last 18 months. 475 00:28:51,896 --> 00:28:56,765 But if Dede Blaylock is dead, 476 00:28:56,835 --> 00:29:02,102 the State has had information about another suspect- 477 00:29:02,173 --> 00:29:04,164 a much more compelling suspect- 478 00:29:04,242 --> 00:29:07,143 who was never even investigated. [Beeping] 479 00:29:07,212 --> 00:29:09,203 Thank you for your attention. 480 00:29:10,315 --> 00:29:12,249 How did it play? 481 00:29:12,317 --> 00:29:16,253 Well, they're not crazy about the alternative killer theory. 482 00:29:19,324 --> 00:29:22,760 The State has had information about another suspect- 483 00:29:22,827 --> 00:29:27,287 a much more compelling suspect - who was never even investigated. [Beeping] 484 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:32,001 - I guess I'm taking that out of the opening. - But look at this. 485 00:29:34,005 --> 00:29:39,500 As a matter of fact, the State will be unable to prove that she's even dead. 486 00:29:39,577 --> 00:29:44,640 All they'll be able to tell you is that no one's seen her for the last 18 months. [Beeping] 487 00:29:46,251 --> 00:29:50,984 I'd open with, " Ladies and gentlemen, where's the body?" 488 00:29:51,055 --> 00:29:54,718 Ladies and gentlemen, where's the body? 489 00:30:14,813 --> 00:30:16,747 All rise. 490 00:30:16,815 --> 00:30:19,079 Give your attention, and you shall be heard. 491 00:30:19,150 --> 00:30:22,415 The HonorableJudge Amanda Anderlee presiding. 492 00:30:23,721 --> 00:30:25,712 No. To my personal knowledge, 493 00:30:25,790 --> 00:30:30,659 Mr. Lascher never had a rental car dropped off at the restaurant. 494 00:30:30,728 --> 00:30:33,822 Thank you. Oh, sorry. One last thing. 495 00:30:34,966 --> 00:30:37,696 Do you think Kurt Lascher is a dangerous misogynist? 496 00:30:37,769 --> 00:30:40,363 Objection, Your Honor. Calls for an opinion. 497 00:30:40,438 --> 00:30:42,599 Withdrawn. 498 00:30:42,674 --> 00:30:45,507 Your witness. 499 00:30:45,577 --> 00:30:47,670 How long has Mr. Lascher been coming to your restaurant? 500 00:30:49,147 --> 00:30:53,550 Apparently for more than 20 years, but I've only been there the past 12. 501 00:30:53,618 --> 00:30:56,519 [Dettweiler] Have you seen him with other women over those years? 502 00:30:56,588 --> 00:30:59,318 - [Ma�ter d'] Many other women. - Mm-hmm. And has Mr. Lascher... 503 00:30:59,390 --> 00:31:02,120 displayed a variety of moods with those other women? 504 00:31:02,193 --> 00:31:05,890 What was the 911? One of our witnesses is changing her story. 505 00:31:05,964 --> 00:31:08,194 What? Who? 506 00:31:08,266 --> 00:31:10,200 Briscoe and Salazar are on it. 507 00:31:10,268 --> 00:31:13,396 - Have you ever see him get angry with any of those women? - Yeah. 508 00:31:13,471 --> 00:31:16,201 Did he kill any of them? Objection! 509 00:31:17,208 --> 00:31:20,575 - Withdrawn. - Since it's after 4:00, 510 00:31:20,645 --> 00:31:23,239 we'll resume at 9:00 on Monday morning. 511 00:31:26,885 --> 00:31:30,321 - [Woman] I want to see your badges. - We don't need no stinkin' badges. 512 00:31:30,388 --> 00:31:35,257 What? What did you say? I said, " Yeah, people need to see our badges.' ' 513 00:31:36,928 --> 00:31:38,919 I told that D.A. What's her name? Gaffney? 514 00:31:38,997 --> 00:31:40,931 Gaffney. I told her... 515 00:31:40,999 --> 00:31:43,467 I had to speak to her about changing my testimony. 516 00:31:43,534 --> 00:31:46,469 Last year, you told the detectives why you left the show- 517 00:31:46,537 --> 00:31:49,233 that stuff about Lascher slapping you around. 518 00:31:49,307 --> 00:31:53,334 - That's why I have to talk to the D.A.' s. - Talk about what? 519 00:31:54,612 --> 00:32:00,278 I lied to those cops last year, but I can't lie under oath. 520 00:32:00,351 --> 00:32:02,819 You think there's any way to get her new story in? 521 00:32:02,887 --> 00:32:05,355 Not on direct. It's beyond prejudicial. 522 00:32:05,423 --> 00:32:07,584 It will probably get him a mistrial. 523 00:32:07,659 --> 00:32:10,594 But if we got Maggie Dettweiler to ask the wrong question- 524 00:32:10,662 --> 00:32:13,460 Even if it got in, Anderlee would instruct the jury to ignore it. 525 00:32:13,531 --> 00:32:16,056 It's completely irrelevant. Irrelevant? 526 00:32:16,134 --> 00:32:18,762 It's the definition of irrelevance. 527 00:32:18,836 --> 00:32:20,963 It's pretty hard to un-ring a bell that loud, 528 00:32:21,039 --> 00:32:24,406 no matter how the judge instructs the jury. 529 00:32:24,475 --> 00:32:29,777 I've got to figure out how to start pushing Maggie Dettweiler's buttons. What? 530 00:32:29,847 --> 00:32:32,111 Dettweiler will never ask questions she doesn't know the answer to. 531 00:32:33,184 --> 00:32:36,153 Any lawyer can be made to ask the wrong question. 532 00:32:37,255 --> 00:32:39,348 [Woman] I had appeared in eight Broadway shows, 533 00:32:39,424 --> 00:32:41,654 three national touring companies and six dinner theaters, 534 00:32:41,726 --> 00:32:44,524 where I started in the chorus, and then I was a featured dancer- 535 00:32:44,595 --> 00:32:47,723 Let's just keep it a little simpler. I'll say, " Ms. Sterba, 536 00:32:47,799 --> 00:32:51,360 "you were a veteran stage dancer and singer... 537 00:32:51,436 --> 00:32:54,769 "when Kurt Lascher asked you to play the lead in Separate Beds, 538 00:32:54,839 --> 00:32:59,037 "but you had limited acting experience. 539 00:32:59,110 --> 00:33:02,204 Is that correct?" And then you'll just say, "Yes.' ' 540 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:06,182 And then I'll say, "Well, why do you think he did that?" 541 00:33:06,250 --> 00:33:09,014 Because we were having an affair? 542 00:33:09,087 --> 00:33:12,989 - Just make it a statement, not a question. - [Gaffney] You should lower your eyes a little. 543 00:33:13,057 --> 00:33:16,993 - You know, try to look a little embarrassed. - Yeah, okay. 544 00:33:17,061 --> 00:33:21,896 Then I'll say, uh, "Well, that seems like a huge career move for you. 545 00:33:21,966 --> 00:33:24,059 Why did you leave the show before it opened?" 546 00:33:24,135 --> 00:33:27,901 - You want the whole story? - No. No. No. 547 00:33:27,972 --> 00:33:32,375 How about, "He terrorized me during rehearsals, so I left"? 548 00:33:32,443 --> 00:33:35,310 He terrorized me during rehearsals, so I left. 549 00:33:35,380 --> 00:33:37,371 [Kibre] Okay, just stop there, 550 00:33:37,448 --> 00:33:40,042 and then you look at the jury and tell what he said to you. 551 00:33:40,118 --> 00:33:43,884 - In rehearsal? - No. Don't say anything about that. 552 00:33:43,955 --> 00:33:47,584 Just the threat. The way we discussed. 553 00:33:47,658 --> 00:33:50,718 - He terrorized me during rehearsals, so I left. - [Mouthing Words] 554 00:33:50,795 --> 00:33:53,787 And then I look at thejury. 555 00:33:53,865 --> 00:33:56,595 Kurt Lascher is a monster. 556 00:33:57,802 --> 00:33:59,770 Oh. [Clears Throat] 557 00:33:59,837 --> 00:34:02,863 Kurt Lascher is a monster. 558 00:34:02,940 --> 00:34:08,071 One night he told me that he could make me disappear, like that. [Snaps Fingers] 559 00:34:08,146 --> 00:34:10,808 Thank you, Ms. Sterba. 560 00:34:12,150 --> 00:34:14,141 Your witness. 561 00:34:15,987 --> 00:34:18,080 You've testified that you left Separate Beds... 562 00:34:18,156 --> 00:34:20,283 because Kurt Lascher terrorized you? 563 00:34:20,358 --> 00:34:23,418 Among other reasons. Let's talk about those other reasons. 564 00:34:23,494 --> 00:34:27,225 Isn't it true that you left because Mr. Lascher ended your affair? 565 00:34:28,699 --> 00:34:30,758 No. No? 566 00:34:30,835 --> 00:34:34,362 No. It was something that he told me... 567 00:34:34,439 --> 00:34:38,170 that was so disturbing that it made it impossible for me to continue. 568 00:34:39,710 --> 00:34:41,701 A moment, Your Honor? 569 00:34:47,485 --> 00:34:50,249 Am I gonna hear something here that's gonna hurt us? 570 00:34:52,023 --> 00:34:54,685 I called her a stupid cooze. 571 00:34:54,759 --> 00:34:56,989 Sue me. 572 00:35:01,032 --> 00:35:05,833 So your testimony is that you threw your whole career away... 573 00:35:05,903 --> 00:35:09,532 because Mr. Lascher, in a moment of anger, 574 00:35:09,607 --> 00:35:12,701 made a disparaging personal comment? 575 00:35:12,777 --> 00:35:16,110 No. He did that every day. 576 00:35:18,583 --> 00:35:20,574 The day I quit, 577 00:35:21,652 --> 00:35:23,950 I was playing a woman who had been beaten by her husband. 578 00:35:24,021 --> 00:35:26,956 We were rehearsing a scene. You bitch. 579 00:35:27,024 --> 00:35:30,152 - Mr. Lascher. - [Sterba] Kurt told me... 580 00:35:30,228 --> 00:35:33,857 that I should make the audience understand that I still loved my husband. 581 00:35:33,931 --> 00:35:36,695 He said it was like when you strangle a dog. 582 00:35:36,767 --> 00:35:40,897 - Your Honor- - [Sterba]Just before they die, they fall in love with you. 583 00:35:40,972 --> 00:35:43,668 They look into your eyes and wag their tail. 584 00:35:43,741 --> 00:35:45,834 Objection, Your Honor. [Clears Throat] 585 00:35:45,910 --> 00:35:47,844 Sidebar. Overruled. 586 00:35:47,912 --> 00:35:50,380 You can hardly object to the answer to your own question. 587 00:35:50,448 --> 00:35:53,747 - Then I move for a mistrial. - Motion denied. 588 00:35:53,818 --> 00:35:57,584 But I will instruct the jury to disregard Ms. Sterba's last statement. 589 00:35:57,655 --> 00:36:02,490 You will not refer to the statement in any way or let it color your deliberations. 590 00:36:03,794 --> 00:36:05,728 The People rest, Your Honor. 591 00:36:09,967 --> 00:36:13,698 Pissed off voice message from Briscoe. They're 11 years back, and there's nothing. 592 00:36:13,771 --> 00:36:17,867 Well, call him and remind him I said to go back 15, and do it faster. 593 00:36:17,942 --> 00:36:20,172 No, it would be a huge mistake. I agree. 594 00:36:20,244 --> 00:36:23,441 - And I have no choice. - It's exactly what Kibre wants. 595 00:36:23,514 --> 00:36:27,746 - She could go anywhere on cross. - Just let me explain the dog thing. 596 00:36:27,818 --> 00:36:31,549 I would not like to be convicted just because I wanted to manipulate... 597 00:36:31,622 --> 00:36:34,386 a performance out of an untalented chorus girl. 598 00:36:34,458 --> 00:36:36,551 She was pretty compelling on the stand. 599 00:36:36,627 --> 00:36:40,290 Yeah, I would lose the "untalented chorus girl" descriptor. 600 00:36:43,668 --> 00:36:46,466 You may be a ballbuster, but when you're right, you're right. 601 00:36:46,537 --> 00:36:50,598 Fourteen years, three months. You're not only right, you're lucky too. 602 00:36:50,675 --> 00:36:54,304 Oh. Lascher the dog lover. 603 00:36:59,450 --> 00:37:01,884 I've loved dogs my entire life. 604 00:37:01,953 --> 00:37:03,887 I grew up with 'em. 605 00:37:03,955 --> 00:37:08,722 The idea that I would hurt a dog, or any animal, is ludicrous. 606 00:37:08,793 --> 00:37:11,694 But you did say what Ms. Sterba said you said? 607 00:37:11,762 --> 00:37:15,095 Yes, I did. I was giving her direction. 608 00:37:16,300 --> 00:37:21,101 Penny Sterba is... great in bed, but she's a lousy actress. 609 00:37:21,172 --> 00:37:24,903 I would have said anything to get a performance out ofher. 610 00:37:24,976 --> 00:37:30,778 But an inexperienced actress, uh, confused direction with reality. 611 00:37:30,848 --> 00:37:33,316 Thank you, Mr. Lascher. 612 00:37:33,384 --> 00:37:35,318 Your witness. 613 00:37:38,656 --> 00:37:42,786 - Let's talk some more about dogs. - Objection. Irrelevant. 614 00:37:42,860 --> 00:37:45,420 - Ms. Dettweiler opened the door, Your Honor. - Overruled. 615 00:37:47,131 --> 00:37:52,034 You've testified that you're a true dog lover. 616 00:37:52,103 --> 00:37:55,266 - My entire life. - Then why do you kill them? 617 00:37:56,774 --> 00:37:58,708 That's ridiculous. 618 00:38:01,078 --> 00:38:04,445 I'd like this entered as People's 67, 619 00:38:04,515 --> 00:38:07,450 but I'd like Mr. Lascher to verify its accuracy. 620 00:38:07,518 --> 00:38:10,817 - I'd like to see that. - So would I. Sidebar. 621 00:38:25,903 --> 00:38:28,633 This compounds other irrelevant and immaterial... 622 00:38:28,706 --> 00:38:31,539 material already entered into evidence. 623 00:38:31,609 --> 00:38:35,409 Again, Your Honor, I must strenuously object. And again, I must overrule. 624 00:38:36,547 --> 00:38:40,210 Your client has no one to blame but himself. Step back. You may approach. 625 00:38:45,756 --> 00:38:47,986 Do you recognize those documents, sir? 626 00:38:48,059 --> 00:38:49,993 Oh, for God's sake. 627 00:38:50,061 --> 00:38:54,088 - I take it that's a "yes"? - This is completely out of context. 628 00:38:54,165 --> 00:38:56,099 [Kibre] Let the record show that the defendant... 629 00:38:56,167 --> 00:38:59,432 is looking at a bill for $150... 630 00:38:59,503 --> 00:39:02,939 for putting three dogs to sleep... 631 00:39:03,007 --> 00:39:07,341 on May 4, 1989 in Mt. Kisco, New York. 632 00:39:12,783 --> 00:39:16,344 I had just moved back to the city. These were country dogs. 633 00:39:16,420 --> 00:39:18,354 They would have had to been walked on leashes. 634 00:39:18,422 --> 00:39:21,118 So you killed them. 635 00:39:25,529 --> 00:39:30,228 One might conclude that one of your problem-solving solutions is killing things. 636 00:39:30,301 --> 00:39:33,134 Is there a question in there, Your Honor? 637 00:39:33,204 --> 00:39:38,198 Your Honor, I have no more questions for New York's favorite animal lover. 638 00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:52,548 Not guilty. Guilty. 639 00:39:53,557 --> 00:39:55,821 Guilty. Not guilty. 640 00:39:55,893 --> 00:39:59,727 Eight guilty, four not guilty. This is ridiculous. 641 00:39:59,797 --> 00:40:02,231 Eight of you want to convict somebody of murder... 642 00:40:02,299 --> 00:40:05,097 for euthanizing his own dogs? 643 00:40:05,169 --> 00:40:09,037 Me? I'd like to give him a medal for keeping my shoes free of all dog crap. 644 00:40:09,106 --> 00:40:13,008 I can't get the image ofhim strangling a dog out of my head. 645 00:40:13,077 --> 00:40:15,807 - He said he was just trying to elicit a performance. - Please! W ho's kidding who? 646 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:20,647 This guy's a sociopath. And we all read that article in Vanity Fair. 647 00:40:22,253 --> 00:40:24,380 State police called an hour ago. 648 00:40:24,455 --> 00:40:27,253 But they found the body a week ago? Six days ago. 649 00:40:27,324 --> 00:40:31,488 Home inspection of a mortgage company. The bottom of a well on an estate. 650 00:40:31,562 --> 00:40:33,496 Are they sure it's Dede Blaylock? 651 00:40:33,564 --> 00:40:36,465 The dental records match. We'll have the D.N.A. In the morning. 652 00:40:36,534 --> 00:40:38,729 Four days late and a dollar short. 653 00:40:38,803 --> 00:40:41,431 It doesn't make any difference. It's in the hands of a jury. 654 00:40:41,505 --> 00:40:43,837 If they acquit, he walks. 655 00:40:43,908 --> 00:40:45,933 What, your jury's still out? Five days. 656 00:40:46,010 --> 00:40:48,535 Well, they, like juries all over the tristate area, 657 00:40:48,612 --> 00:40:52,013 will be rendering verdicts tonight and tomorrow. 658 00:40:52,082 --> 00:40:55,245 You know this. I know this. 659 00:40:55,319 --> 00:40:59,585 How? Because play-offs start tomorrow. 660 00:41:03,394 --> 00:41:05,328 Not guilty. 661 00:41:06,464 --> 00:41:09,956 Guilty. Guilty. Eleven to one. 662 00:41:13,270 --> 00:41:15,568 Please, you know in your heart he killed her. 663 00:41:15,639 --> 00:41:20,576 I'm not even sure she's dead. She could be in Japan or Brunei. 664 00:41:20,644 --> 00:41:24,910 She's dead, she's dead, she's dead, and Kurt Lascher did it! 665 00:41:24,982 --> 00:41:27,576 Fine. Let's just pick this up in the morning. 666 00:41:27,651 --> 00:41:31,246 No, no, no. Let's stay here until we get this settled. 667 00:41:38,395 --> 00:41:41,387 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, have you reached a verdict? 668 00:41:41,465 --> 00:41:45,026 - We have, Your Honor. - How say you? 669 00:41:47,471 --> 00:41:50,497 We find the defendant, Kurt Lascher, guilty. 670 00:41:50,574 --> 00:41:53,566 [Murmuring] 671 00:42:03,187 --> 00:42:05,121 Thanks. 672 00:42:26,510 --> 00:42:29,377 Never saw it coming. Thank God. 673 00:42:29,446 --> 00:42:32,313 That was a buzzer beater. That was a three-point buzzer beater. 674 00:42:32,383 --> 00:42:36,717 You convicted a guy on cruelty to animals, not evidence. 675 00:42:36,787 --> 00:42:38,778 Life's a bitch. Yeah, and some days, 676 00:42:38,856 --> 00:42:41,882 the one holding the scales is blind, deaf and dumb. 677 00:43:14,892 --> 00:43:17,326 [Howling] 60150

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